Shade-bracket



'E. C. PIXLEY.

SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1919.

1,395,870. v Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Inz/enhr ,PZIZey UNITED STATES PATENT OFFHQE.

EDWARD G. IPIXLEY, OF SULLIVAN, OHIO.

SHADE-BRACKET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. PIXLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sullivan, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to curtain shade brackets and the primary object of the invention is to provide an improved bracket, which can be readily attached to or detached from operative position, so as to facilitate placing of the casing fixtures into position.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved detachable shade bracket, which is adapted to be secured to a window sash, so that the curtain shade may be readily arranged and lowered with the sash, and thereby allow a room to be thoroughly ventilated.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved means for detachably connecting the shade bracket to the window sash, so that the same can be readily removed when it is desired to wash the window pane and allow the sashes to pass by one another.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved window shade bracket of the above character, which is durable and eflicient in use, one that is simple and easy to manufacture, and one that can be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a window frame and sash show ing the improved curtain shade brackets in operative position,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevation of the upper sash, showing the improved brackets applied thereto, .with the curtain shade roller removed, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the shade bracket.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein sim lar reference characters designate Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 31,

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

1919. Serial No. 300,798.

corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, the numeral 5 generally indicates the improved curtain shade brackets which are adapted to be detachably secured to the up per portion of a window sash 6, which is of the ordinary construction and preferably mounted in the usual manner in the window frame 7. The curtain shade brackets 5 support the curtain shade 8 in the ordinary manner.

Each of the shade brackets 5 include a body plate 9 having the inner edge thereof bent angularly as at 10 to provide an at taching plate 11 for engaging the window sash 6. The lower edge of the body plate 9 is inclined upwardly as at 12 and the extreme outer upper edge of the body-plate is pro vided with the inwardly and downwardly extending slot 13 for receiving the shade roller pintle (not shown). It is to be understood that the corresponding shade bracket is provided with an aperture instead of the slot 13, which constitutes a bearing for the pintle on the opposite end of the curtain shade. The attaching portion 11 is provided with a keyhole slot 14: which is positioned adjacent to the upper end thereof and constitutes the enlarged opening 15 in the reduced neck portion 16. The attaching plate 11 adjacent to the lower edge thereof is provided with an inwardly extending bayonet slot 16 from the free vertical edge thereof and these slots are adapted to receive screws 17 which are secured in spaced relation to each other to the upper edge of the window sash 6.

In operation of the improved device, the screws or other headed fastening elements 17 are secured to the upper sash 6 and are so arranged as to space the heads thereof from the outer surface of the sash. The head of one of the fastening elements 17 is inserted in the large opening 15 and the lower fastening element 17 is inserted in the mouth of the slot 16, and the bracket is then firmly pushed upwardly and to the right, until the screws are seated in the upper reduced portion 16 of the keyhole slot 14; and in the upper end of slot 16'.

This construction permits the window shade brackets to be secured directly to the window sash and this allows the upper sash to be readily lowered and permits the thorough ventilation of the room, as in the general construction, the window shade curtain a barrier and prevents the entran e at fresh air into the room, when the upper sash is lowered a slight distance. The means of detachably securing the brackets in place, permits the ready removal of the same from the window sash, when desired to clean the window panes and allow the sashes to pass one another.

From the foregoing description it can be seen that an improved window shade bracket is provided, which can be readily placedin and removed from operative position on a window sash, and thus obviate the inconveniences usually associated with the permanent attaching of shade brackets to a window frame.

In practice, I have found that the-form of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most efficient and practical; yet realizing the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as set forth.

What I claim as new is: V A window shade bracket comprising a body having means at one end to receive a shade roller, a plate formed on the body and extending at right angles thereto and adapted to engage a window frame, said plate having a bayonet slot at its upper end and a slot adjacent its lower end and said last slot opening outwardly through the edge of the plate'and having angularly related EDWARD (J. PIXLEY.

Witnesses:

' C. W. HoLBRooK, L. 'W. PIXLEY. I 

